Reborn in a small village in the 1990s

Chapter 142

Ni touched the courtyard wall and took a few steps forward: "Wait for the goose. I have some frozen dates, I'll get you two bottles. They're intoxicated with baijiu and frozen."

"Then... I'll wait for you." Zhao Da'e was in a good mood; why not eat it if it's free?

Besides, Zhao Da'e also felt that he was still quite young, and it wouldn't be good if he acted too maturely.

Moreover, Zhao Da'e also wanted to eat frozen drunken dates... those dates were crunchy, sweet, and had a wine flavor, making them very delicious.

In this era, people mainly ate seasonal fruits. Fruits from the south couldn't be transported here, and even if they were, they would be from county towns and extremely expensive.

So, for villagers like those in Dongtaizi Village, the only fruit they can eat in winter is apples, and those are the small but very sweet ones.

Then there are those that are mainly frozen, such as frozen apples, frozen pears, and frozen hawthorns.

Zhao Da'e doesn't like sour food, and the pears are especially sour right now. They haven't been modified, so they don't taste good. One bite and your stomach acid will come back up.

That tangy, tangy flavor is absolutely amazing!

However, frozen jujubes are especially delicious. The jujubes from Dongtaizi are already very famous, and in later generations, they even became a regional brand. The weather here has a large temperature difference between day and night, and it is dry with little rain, so the jujubes are particularly sweet and have a very high sugar content. If you freeze them and soak them in some strong liquor, it feels incredibly refreshing.

Ni didn't care what Zhao Da'e was thinking. She slowly felt her way back into the house to get the frozen, drunken dates.

The dog was squatting at the main entrance of the house in the yard, baring its teeth at Zhao Da'e.

Zhao Da'e thought the dog's fur was nice, though it was a little small. He decided he should get a dog to keep someday.

In my past life, I owned several dogs and several cats.

There's not much to say about cats; they're greedy, annoying, and constantly meowing, and you can't get rid of them no matter how hard you try.

But Zhao Da'e thought raising a dog was a good idea. At that time, Zhao Da'e was destitute and penniless, but the dog never abandoned him. When he went up the mountain, the dog followed; when he went down to the river, the dog went too. At night, the dog would sneak into the house, like a lazy fellow, curl up in a corner, and sleep with Zhao Da'e.

The only downside might be that the dog snores a lot...

A little while later, Mrs. Ni emerged again, feeling her way along the wall, carrying two jars filled with frozen, drunken dates, and a small bag of dried sweet potatoes.

"Take it. Eat it at home, it's quite delicious."

Zhao Da'e didn't stand on ceremony; he took the drunken dates and dried sweet potatoes and left.

Zhao Da'e climbed over the small wall, then cleared away some weeds and branches in the backyard. There was nothing to repair; the ground would harden with frequent use, and thus become a road.

When they arrived at the shed, Xiangzi was there too.

"Little auntie, I haven't seen you much for days. You've got some nerve, haven't you? The old lady got herself back in jail just to deal with you?"

Zhao Da'e chuckled but didn't answer the question.

"I have half a day to spare. I need to go into town to collect some debts. I'll also check if anyone else has water."

“Auntie, speaking of this, I suddenly remembered something. A couple of days ago, a distant relative of mine had a daughter who was around twenty-eight or twenty-nine years old. She was laid off recently. Her husband also divorced her. He left her with their child and an elderly mother. Her father has passed away. She has a place to live in the county, but she can't find any work.” Xiangzi said with some difficulty, “She used to sell vinegar at the vinegar factory, the kind who went out to market. But now a lot of people have been laid off from the vinegar factory. Although she did a good job, the factory's profits weren't good, so she was laid off a while ago. She has a handcart, you know, a donkey that's ridden backwards, but she's being bullied and it's hard to find work.”